My new grandbaby is due to arrive this weekend and I’m having a hard time being patient.

This is the quilt I made for them: machine-quilted, but it’s the first pieced quilt I’ve ever made – and some of the first sewing in 25 years.

I really had no idea how to properly piece a quilt, but last year I saw a quilting frame in my neighbour’s front room when I stopped to buy some fresh eggs. So I did what I never would have had the nerve to do in the city: I phoned her and asked for help.

She and her daughter invited me to their home and spent a morning teaching and helping me with this project. I will be forever grateful for country neighbours!

What a lovely little quilt! I love Winnie The Pooh. The stories and images are always so sweet and gentle. It’s a theme that would work for either boy or girl. Congratulations on your (upcoming) grand baby 🙂

Yes, since I was making it ahead of time, Trish, green & yellow seemed to be good non-committal choices. I recall that, when my nieces & nephews were born, I made all the quilts after the births, and yet had the quilts to them in a timely fashion. {sigh} To have the energy I had had when I was young!

That quilt is absolutely gorgeous, what a lucky baby to have you as Grandmother. I love the classic Winnie the Pooh fabric. I’m going to be looking for that in the shops here, although I’m NOT anticipating a happy event. I hope everthing goes well.

Great quilt. I am also working on a Pooh baby quilt. My great grandson will be born in late August or early September and his parents requested Winnie the Pooh theme. Your fabric is wonderful. How brave you were to attempt a quilt after so many years not sewing. Must be like riding a bike, you never forget! LOL.